As head of the Beijing office of Make Architects, John Puttick oversees projects from Qingdao to Chengdu. The 35-year-old London native spoke to the Journal about China’s hotel scene, sketching on planes and the airport where he doesn’t mind a flight delay. Read More »

What: The Bookworm International Literary Festival, China’s largest English-language literary fest, kicks off in three cities. This year’s event features 80 authors from 20 countries, from performance poets and journalists to comedians and children’s authors.

When: Through March 23 in Beijing, March 30 in Chengdu, and March 25 in Suzhou

Lan Kwai Fong Group, the Hong Kong developer that hatched the nightlife district by the same name, has teamed up with golf-course developer Mission Hills Group to build a new 2 billion yuan ($314 million) shopping and entertainment complex in Haikou, the capital of China’s Hainan province. Read More »

At the Sichuan Higher Institute of Cuisine in Chengdu, China, students train for careers as chefs and restaurant and hotel managers. Expressed more grandly, they’re being groomed to serve as ambassadors for what’s often considered China’s best cuisine.